Ghatshila is a census town in the Ghatshila CD block in the Ghatshila subdivision of the East Singhbhum district, in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Ghatshila is located at 22.60°N 86.48°E.[5] It has an average elevation of 103 m (338 ft).
Subarnarekha river at Ghatshila
It is 45 km from Jamshedpur. The town is located on the bank of the Subarnarekha River, and it is situated in a forested area. It contains a railway station on the main line of the South Eastern Railway. Ghatsila was formerly the headquarters of the kingdom of Dhalbhum.
Ghatsila has its diversity with dams, falls, rivers, forest, mountains and valley. The scenes are breathtaking especially at sunset. It has a township as well as a village touch. There are areas where people still do farming for a living; these areas are untouched and unexplored.
There is a community development block named Ghatshila block, which has its headquarters at Ghatshila. This block was established on 4 May 1962.
The area shown in the map “forms a part of the Chota Nagpur Plateau and is a hilly upland tract”. The main rivers draining the district are the Subarnarekha and the Kharkai.[6] The area lying between Jamshedpur and Ghatshila is the main industrial mining zone. The rest of the district is primarily agricultural. In the district, as of 2011, 56.9% of the population lives in the rural areas and a high 43.1% lives in the urban areas.
Some of the places of interest are:
Subarnarekha River, Moubhandar, Ghatshila - riverfront
Chota Pul at Swarnarekha River
Fuldungri Pahar at Phuldungri, Ghatshila
Famous Bengali Writer Bibhuti Bhushan Bandhopadhayay's Cottage at Dahigora, Ghatshila and Library at college road, Ghatshila
Ramkrishna Math, Dahigora, Ghatshila
Brahmarshi Jagadananda sanyas ashram, Dahigora, Ghatshila
Ghatsila Rajbari, Rajstate
Shivdas Ghosh Children's Park, Tamukpal
Rankini Mandir, Ghatshila
Ghatsila City Centre, College road, Ghatsila
Near North
Burudi Dam
Dharagiri Fall
Near East
Amadubi-Panijiya Rural Tourism Centre, Panijiya, Jharkhand 832302
Near West
Rankini Mandir, Jadugoda, Rohinibera
Galudih Barrage, Ulda, Jharkhand 832304
Birsa Fun City Waterpark, Karanja, Jharkhand 832304